Blog » Boredom
- Posted: Jan 4th 2005, 00:32
Yes that’s it, I’m utterly bored out of my mind. I need a new hobby. I used to rock out. Hard rocking sessions in the stone cellar of a friend’s country house. I used to thrash my axe away to the rhythm of a drummer sweating his lungs off and a bassist tapping out the bassline of Rage Against The Machine’s Bombtrack.
As a staunch Mac OS X user, I constantly look for the latest and greatest Mac app of the week. My latest favourite is Salling Clicker which I have been messing with all day long. I’m now bored. I overdid myself and now I can’t do anything else. I know I could get on with my project work but I can’t. I’m in that restless mood where I’m restless and in need of something to do even though I have plenty to do. It’s quite ridiculous.
I think it’s time I bought a new electric guitar. I’ve had a look around and found several very evil web-sites which I will simply not link too because I don’t want to. Simply useless websites with no real products or information.
My target; this would suit me to the bone.
After a good half hour search I found that the Musician Shop was selling a black Vintage Les Paul. A guitar which met all of my needs.
This distinctive single cutaway guitar style has a huge army of fans worldwide. The classic twin humbucking pickup layout with 3-way pickup selector, Tune-O-Matic bridge, contrasting cream scratchplate, neck and body edge binding, tulip head tuners. A 22 fret rosewood fingerboard features crown shaped position markers. Bolt-on neck fixing.
Inlays are the things on the fret-board which lie below the strings. Most guitars have mini disc-like inlays, that double up as position markers, which are of neither use nor ornament to anybody. The real inlays are the little metallic plates which make bends and other advanced picking effects so much more simple. Three pickups would be better than two but I’m happy with two. I’m not too bothered with “Tune-O-Matic” bridges but I’ll be willing to give it a try if I can save up some cash to buy one. It is on my wish list. If only Amazon would sell electric guitars.